it STILL FLOODS...please help

[cory eneks]

ok guys 8n 48 ford 12volt.put new starter,new coil new carb,new manifold,new fuel line,new plugs and the DANG THANG STILLS FLOODS!!!!! it tries to fire,,but wont start..all plugs do fire i dont know what to do,,can someone help me??????

 

[R Geiger]

(quoted from post at 22:01:34 06/25/12) ok guys 8n 48 ford 12volt.put new starter,new coil new carb,new manifold,new fuel line,new plugs and the DANG THANG STILLS FLOODS!!!!! it tries to fire,,but wont start..all plugs do fire i don't know what to do,,can someone help me??????

You may be using the choke too much. Try cranking with no choke and if it does not fire, quickly pull and release choke. Don't crank for very long with the choke pulled. they flood real easy. Every machine has slightly different starting requirements. What will work on one may not on the next machine IMHO.

 

[R Geiger]

I assume you have the wires going to the correct plugs! firing order 1,2,4,3.

 

[Billie R. Smith]

Is it possible to have the fuel valve open to far. Only 2 full turns.

 

[Dell (WA)]

cory.........you've squandered $500 in parts 'cuz you don't read the manual.
Keep yer itchy-twichy fingers off'n that handy-dandy choke knob. NOT NEEDED in warm weather.
New carb, eh? Here's a quick'n'dirty carb adjust seminar. Down-pointing mainjet, 2-turns and LEAVITT!!! Adjust the side-pointing idlemix for fastest idle, NOT smoothest idle. Understand the difference? Probably 1/8-turn. Simple, eh?

You complain........"it tries to fire,,but wont start..all plugs do fire".......make certain yer firing order is 1,2,4,3 CCW. Usually neubie shadetree mechanix swapp sparkies 3&4.

You do know ittza 2-bolt, 15-min job to remove yer 4-nipple front mount dizzy and adjust/install the points (0.015") on the kitchen table, don't you??? Just un-snapple yer capple and letter dangle. Installation is a reversal of the removal ...except... finger start the 2-bolts, install rotor and twirl until OFF-SET drive tang fits into OFF-SET camshaft slot. Tighten bolts and re-snapple yer capple. Simple, eh?

Remember to "polish" the invisible corrosion from between the points. (0.015") I use a clean $1-bill and pullet thru the closed points. Iff'n yer really cheap, tear a strip from HEAVY brown paper grocery sack and use that.

And ennytime you have "starting issues", replace yer sparkies. NO ARGUE!!!
Recommend AutoLite 437's gapped 0.025". Don't throw yer FLOODED sparkies away, just clean'n'dry them one-atta-time in HOT running engine and save'um fer the next time. (and there will be a next time) .......Dell, yer self-appointed sparkie-meister

 

[jackinok]

just fyi, one stuck valve will blow the fuel back down the manifold,keeping engine from starting and giving the appearance of flooding.and if youve really flooded it try changing your plugs even if they are new.